I propose to take Questions Nos. 6, 9 and 15 together.
The monitoring committee on the implementation of the recommendations of the Second Commission on the Status of Women met on one occasion prior to the publication of the first progress report in June 1994. Work on the publication of the second progress report is ongoing. Deputies will appreciate that given the number — 210, many of which have several component parts — and detail of the commission's recommendations a considerable amount of work and co-ordination with other Government Departments and outside bodies is required to produce a comprehensive overview of progress. Suggestions made recently by members of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Women's Rights are being considered in compiling the report.
A meeting of the full monitoring committee is due to take place shortly. The interdepartmental committee, which was established in conjunction with the monitoring committee and consists of representatives of those Departments in whose remit the bulk of the recommendations fall, has had four meetings in the interim.